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Population estimates for Brazil's 338 municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants.

Usage

brazil_population

Format

A tibble with 338 rows and 5 variables:

rank

Population rank (numeric)

name_muni

Municipality name (character)

abbrev_state

State abbreviation (character)

population

2025 population estimate (numeric)

category

Ordered city-size category (factor)

Source

IBGE, Table 6579: Municipal population estimates. https://sidra.ibge.gov.br/tabela/6579

Details

Categories are Metropolis (1M+), Large city (500K–1M), Medium city (200K–500K) and Small city (100K–200K).